EMS EVOLUTION 2018
Thanks to everyone who participated in EMS EVOLUTION 2018. Now in its fourth year, the 2018 edition featured the largest attendance with over 155 EMS leaders in attendance.
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Leadership Track: June 18-20
Click here to view the agenda: Syllabus – EMS EVOLUTION 2018
We listened to your feedback from 2017. EMS EVOLUTION 2018’s leadership track features interactive sessions that will help EMS agencies gain ideas to enhance their operations.
The three-day leadership track’s agenda focuses on business, operations, and clinical issues that affect Texas EMS agencies.
Billing/Coding Track: Tuesday, June 19
Once again, EMS billing expert Brian Werfel and Gail Atnip of Novitas will lead this all-day billing/coding course on Tuesday, June 19. Click here to view the agenda: Syllabus – EMS EVOLUTION 2018
Best Practices Breakfast: June 19 & Lightning Rounds: June 20
Click here to view the agenda for both Tuesday’s Best Practices Breakfast and Wednesday’s set of lightning rounds: Additional Sessions – EMS EVOLUTION 2018
Wednesday morning’s opening hour will feature a set of lightning rounds:
- EMS as an Essential Service … Or Not – Dudley Wait (City of Schertz)
- Limits of Implied Consent – Kristofer Schleicher (MedStar Mobile Healthcare)
- Disaster Reimbursement – Jason Tyler (Scurry County EMS)
- Reimbursement for Non-Transports – Matt Zavadsky (MedStar Mobile Healthcare)
- Blood Labs in EMS – Jonathan Sell (Booker EMS)
- Hospital Relationships – Jeff Mincy (Coryell Memorial Healthcare System EMS)
Presentations
Speaker Biographies
Monday’s Leadership Track
Chief_EMS Evolution 2018_Hurricane Harvey June 18. 2018 – TDEM
Drug Diversion Controls TEMSA – Carr – Drug Diversions – Carr
FTO presentation – FTO Presentation
Tuesday’s Leadership Track
Additional Sessions – EMS EVOLUTION 2018 – Best Practices Breakfast
Medical Director Interaction – Medical Director Interaction
Hardest Lesson Learned – What Was the Hardest Lesson That I Learned This Year?
2018 EMS Alliance Conference PTSD – PTSD
2018 EMS Alliance Conference TRE – PTSD Exercises
Tuesday’s Coding Course
Novitas – 2018 – Novitas – 2018
Werfel – Financial Sustainability – 2018 – Financial Sustainability – Brian Werfel
Werfel – Medicare Update – 2018 – Medicare Presentation – Brian Werfel
Wednesday’s Leadership Track
Lightning Rounds – Wednesday – Lightning Round Agenda
Policy Presentation EMS EVOLUTION 2018 – Public Policy Presentation
Medical Director Panel – Medical Director Panel
EMS Agenda 2050 – Update – EMS 2050 Update
Wednesday’s Lightning Rounds
Non-Transport Lightning – Non-Transport Payments
Exemplary Pay Policy – Lightning – Exemplary Pay
Essential Service – Lightning – Wait – Essential Service
Consent – Schleicher – Consent
Point of Care Blood Labs – Lightning Rounds – Blood Labs
Hospital Relationships – Lightning Rounds – Hospital Relationships
Networking Events
The La Torretta Lake Resort is a family-friendly venue. Many attendees brought their families to our past conferences.
EMS EVOLUTION 2018 will feature two networking events: a welcome reception on Monday evening and a dinner for all attendees and their guests on Tuesday night.
Dinner for your guests will be included in your registration fee for the Tuesday night dinner. We simply ask that you register all of your guests for the Tuesday night dinner.
Hotel Information
The hotel deadline is June 1, 2018.
Registration Rates
Your EMS agency must pay its annual membership dues by May 15, 2018 in order to access the member discount.
TEMSA’s early registration discount expired on May 15, 2018. Click here for online registration.
General Sessions
(Three Days)
Coding Course
(Tuesday Only)
MEMBER
$325.00 (early)
$375.00 (regular)
NON-MEMBER
$475.00 (early)
$525.00 (regular)
MEMBER
$200.00 (early)
$225.00 (regular)
NON-MEMBER
$275.00 (early)
$300.00 (regular)
Sponsors
The EMS EVOLUTION 2018 exhibit hall is sold out. Thank you to all of our sponsors for 2018.
Title
Platinum
Available!
Gold
Silver
Aladtec
Acadian Ambulance
Ambulance Medical Billing (AMB)
American Medical Response (AMR)
Columbia Southern University
Emergicon
EMS Management & Consultants
Ferno
1st Pass Healthcare Solutions
Grant Mercantile Agency
Health Claims Plus
Henry Schein
ImageTrend
Nationwide Recovery Systems
PCG Health
Professional Ambulance Sales & Service
Smith Reed & Armstrong
Stryker
Teleflex
VFIS of Texas/WinStar Insurance Group
Wittman Enterprises
Sponsorship Information
Thank you to all of our sponsors. The EMS EVOLUTION 2018 exhibit hall has sold out.
Full details regarding sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities can be found here: EMS EVOLUTION 2018 – Sponsor Prospectus
Click here to view exhibitor information.
Venue
TEMSA has secured a special rate of $134/evening (plus a $5.00 resort fee) at the La Torretta Lake Resort. Click here to make online reservations. Or call 936.448.4400 and mention the “Texas EMS Alliance” rate.
The hotel deadline is June 1, 2018.
La Torretta Lake Resort | 600 La Torretta Blvd | Montgomery, TX 77356
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